THE Group for Authors! discussion

Hi, I tried searching my name in the usual search box using each of these possible permutations: A.D. Garrett; AD Garrett; and A D Garrett, but could not find my name in the listings of authors. I can find my books by title (Everyone Lies and Believe No One), and my author profile is still working - it just doesn't seem to direct readers to my books if they type in my name. The only book the search engine found under AD Garrett was 'Twelve Years A Slave', by Solomon Northup < https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8... >

The librarian group says it's not something they can fix.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks!

A.D. Garrett

That is odd, seeing as how there is at least one other author with AD as a name and his is searchable. How about changing the "A" to a name?

Are you still seeing no results? Because I am seeing a perfectly normal search result for both of the first two.

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...

rivka wrote: "Are you still seeing no results? Because I am seeing a perfectly normal search result for both of the first two.

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
https://www.good..."

Yes, but that is not his book.

I am seeing 4 books, 3 of which are his. The 4th has an editor on one edition with a similar name, so that's probably why it's coming up.

rivka wrote: "I am seeing 4 books, 3 of which are his. The 4th has an editor on one edition with a similar name, so that's probably why it's coming up."

Odd, when I try your links now, nothing at all comes up, not even the original book. Could individual GR settings be affecting the results?

V.W. wrote: "rivka wrote: "I am seeing 4 books, 3 of which are his. The 4th has an editor on one edition with a similar name, so that's probably why it's coming up."

Odd, when I try your links now, nothing at all comes up ..."

Yep, that's what I get - even when I click on the links Rivka supplied. It's very odd.

While I am seeing just the three results that should be there.

rivka wrote: "While I am seeing just the three results that should be there."

Bizarre.

A.D. - if you'd like us to look into this more closely please send a screenshot of what you're seeing to support [at] goodreads [dot] com.